| dc.creator |
Kenny, Charles |
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| dc.date |
2012-03-30T07:28:50Z |
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| dc.date |
2012-03-30T07:28:50Z |
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| dc.date |
2009 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2023-02-18T19:43:27Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2023-02-18T19:43:27Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Journal of International Development |
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| dc.identifier |
09541748 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4617 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/250100 |
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| dc.description |
This paper discusses historical and recent cross-country evidence relating income to measures of health. After a review of the literature on income and the quality of life, the paper looks at long-term historical evidence on the link between income change and health indicators. Using data on life expectancy, infant mortality and income for a small subset of largely wealthy countries over the 1913-1999 period, the paper examines correlations between income and health at period start and end as well as using the growth of the variables. Using a larger set of data over the period 1975-2000, the paper repeats these tests, as well as looking for any evidence of a larger impact of income, when different data are used or the sample is split. Results suggest a strong cross-country link between income and health and considerable evidence of global improvements over time, but a comparatively weak relationship between improvements in income and improvements in health, even over the very long term. The paper discusses a model based on technology and institutions that might account for such results as well as some preliminary evidence in favour of such a model. |
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| dc.language |
EN |
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| dc.relation |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo |
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| dc.rights |
World Bank |
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| dc.subject |
Macroeconomics: Production E230 |
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| dc.subject |
Health Production I120 |
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| dc.subject |
Fertility |
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| dc.subject |
Family Planning |
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| dc.subject |
Child Care |
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| dc.subject |
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children |
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| dc.subject |
Youth J130 |
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| dc.subject |
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: General, International, or Comparative N300 |
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| dc.subject |
Economic Development: Human Resources |
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| dc.subject |
Human Development |
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| dc.subject |
Income Distribution |
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| dc.subject |
Migration O150 |
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| dc.title |
There's More to Life Than Money: Exploring the Levels/Growth Paradox in Income and Health |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article |
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